some people are beyond stupid

[boldie]

 Kathy Evans, the single dumbest contestant to ever get on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'   


 
NEW YORK - Idaho resident Kathy Evans brought humiliation to her friends and family Tuesday when she set a new standard for stupidity with her appearance on the popular TV show, 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.'
 
 It seems that Evans, a 32-year-old wife and mother of two, got stuck on the first question, and proceeded to make what fans of the show are dubbing 'the absolute worst use of lifelines ever.'


After being introduced to the show's host Meredith Vieira, Evans assured her that she was ready to play, whereupon she was posed with an extremely easy $100 question. The question was:


'Which of the following is the largest?'
 A) A Peanut
 B) An Elephant
 C) The Moon
 D) Hey, who you calling large?


Immediately Mrs. Evans was struck with an all consuming panic as she realized that this was a question to which she did not readily know the answer.


'Hmm, oh boy, that's a toughie,' said Evans, as Vieira did her level best to hide her disbelief and disgust. 'I mean, I'm sure I've heard of some of these things before, but I have no idea how large they would be.'


Evans made the decision to use the first of her three lifelines, the 50/50. Answers A and D were removed, leaving her to decide which was bigger, an elephant or the moon. However, faced with an incredibly easy question, Evans still remained unsure.


'Oh! It removed the two I was leaning towards!' exclaimed Evans. 'Darn. I think I better phone a friend.'


Using the second of her two lifelines on the first question, Mrs. Evans asked to be connected with her friend Betsy, who is an office assistant.


'Hi Betsy! How are you? This is Kathy! I'm on TV!' said Evans, wasting the first seven seconds of her call. 'Ok, I got an important question. Which of the following is the largest? B, an elephant, or C, the moon. 15 seconds hun.'


Betsy quickly replied that the answer was C, the moon. Evans proceeded to argue with her friend for the remaining ten seconds.


'Come on Betsy, are you sure?' said Evans. 'How sure are you? Puh, that can't be it.'


To everyone's astonishment, the moronic Evans declined to take her friend's advice and pick 'The Moon.'


'I just don't know if I can trust Betsy. She's not all that bright. So I think I'd like to ask the audience,' said Evans.


Asked to vote on the correct answer, the audience returned 98% in favor of answer C, 'The Moon.' Having used up all her lifelines, Evans then made the dumbest choice of her life.


'Wow, seems like everybody is against what I'm thinking,' said the too-stupid-to-live Evans. 'But you know, sometimes you just got to go with your gut. So, let's see. For which is larger, an elephant or the moon, I'm going to have to go with B, an elephant. Final answer.'
 Evans sat before the dumbfounded audience, the only one waiting with bated breath, and was told that she was wrong, and that the answer was in fact, C, 'The Moon.'



In the second one...well what can you say? Other than..I hope the audience were joking as well.

[Suited_Jock]

2nd one is worst photshop ever imo

[boldie]

doubt the next oens are actually true..but God helps us if they are.
 
 *One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when someone
 shouted....'Look at that dead bird!' Someone looked up at the sky and
 said...'where???'*
 

 
 ***
 While looking at a house, my brother asked the estate agent which direction
 was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every
 morning. She asked, 'Does the sun rise in the north?' When my brother
 explained that the sun rises in the east, and has for sometime, she shook
 her head and said, 'Oh, I don't keep up with that stuff.' *
 

 
 ****
 My colleague and I were eating our lunch in our cafeteria, when we overheard
 one of the administrative assistants talking about the sunburn she got on
 her weekend drive to the beach. She drove down in a convertible, but 'didn't
 think she'd get sunburned because the car was moving'.*
 

 
 ***
 I told the girl at the steakhouse register that I wanted the half kilogram
 sirloin. She informed me they only had an 500g sirloin. Not wanting to
 make a scene, I told her I would take the 500g steak instead of the
 half-kgr.*
 
 
 
 ****
 My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car it's designed to cut through a
 seat belt if she gets trapped She keeps it in the boot...*
 

 
 ***
 My friends and I were on a Lager run and noticed that the cases were
 discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases. The cashier
 multiplied 2 times 10% and gave us a 20% discount.... *
 

 
 ***
 I was hanging out with a friend when we saw a woman with a nose ring
 attached to an earring by a chain. My friend said, 'Wouldn't the chain rip
 out every time she turned her head?' I had to explain that a person's nose
 and ear remain the same distance apart no matter which way the head is
 turned...*
 

 
 ***
 I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to the
 lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up.
 She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional
 and I was in good hands. 'Now,' she asked me, 'Has your plane arrived
 yet?'...*
 

 
 ***
 While working at a pizza parlour I observed a man ordering a small pizza to
 go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he would like it cut
 into 4 pieces or 6. He thought about it for some time before responding.
 'Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don't think I'm hungry enough to eat 6
 pieces.*
 

[boldie]

2nd one is worst photshop ever imo

good spot.

[AndrewT]

Sigh.

http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/gameshows/millionaire.asp

[boldie]

Sigh.

http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/gameshows/millionaire.asp

dammit!...I always snope before posting crap like this and didn't this time

[Suited_Jock]

[TheChipPrince]

She's got a cracking pair of mutton chops though, must be from Yorkshire...

[Claw75]

If these were genuine they'd be on youtube!  The woman in the first pic looks vaguely familiar - I think she was on the British version of the show.

[GreekStein]

The first woman won 64 grand and was on the british version. I remember watching that one about 6 years ago

[Ginger]

If these were genuine they'd be on youtube!  The woman in the first pic looks vaguely familiar - I think she was on the British version of the show.

In the style of kinboshi - Correct

[Longy]

[X] I have fallen for a few practical jokes on here, like a gullible idiot.
[ ] I thought this actually happened.

[MANTIS01]

Someone gets a question they don't know the answer to on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. So they opt to use a lifeline..."I don't know the answer so I'll take 50/50". Computer takes away two wrong answers. "No, still don't know...I'll ask the audience".

Any suggestions on how I can tilt less hard when this happens? As a strat enthusiast I struggle to get past the WTF element of this one.

[gatso]

If these were genuine they'd be on youtube!  The woman in the first pic looks vaguely familiar - I think she was on the British version of the show.

In the style of kinboshi - Correct

lol, nice one claw, you fooled miss ginger into thinking you'd done your homework and giving you a pass mark.

(clue, everything in claire's answer was in the link class swat T posted up there ^^^^^^^^^^^)

[Claw75]

If these were genuine they'd be on youtube!  The woman in the first pic looks vaguely familiar - I think she was on the British version of the show.

In the style of kinboshi - Correct

lol, nice one claw, you fooled miss ginger into thinking you'd done your homework and giving you a pass mark.

(clue, everything in claire's answer was in the link class swat T posted up there ^^^^^^^^^^^)

pft - I didn't need to cheat and look at AndrewT's work - was obvious